Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5299 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
Shabbat HaChodesh (“Sabbath [of the] month” שבת החודש) precedes the first of the Hebrew month of Nisan during which Passover is celebrated. Exodus 12:1-20 and the laws of Passover. On the first day of Nisan, G-d presented the first commandment of how to “sanctify the new moon” (kiddush hachodesh) for the onset of Rosh Chodesh and thus Nisan becomes the first month of the Jewish year (counting by months.).
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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat HaChodesh 1536
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5296 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1537
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5297 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1538
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5298 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1539
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5299 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1540
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5300 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1541
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 5301 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1542
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5302 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1543
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5303 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
Ezekiel 45:16-46:18
· 28 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh
Haftarah for Sephardim*:
Ezekiel 45:18-46:15
· 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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